Volume 14 Issue 4 - April 2011
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NICE or Department of Health guideline |
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SIGN guideline |
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Independent professional body guideline |
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Working party guideline |
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Other articles |
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Editorial |
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How will you improve quality and make cost savings?
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News |
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Four new quality standards launched by NICE
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Advice on diagnosis of latent tuberculosis updated by NICE
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Updated Guideline |
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GPs have a role throughout the GAD stepped-care model
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Professor John Cape and Dr Marta Buszewicz outline the updated NICE recommendations on the identification, assessment, and treatment of generalised anxiety disorder |
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Updated Guideline |
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All patients admitted to hospital should be assessed for VTE risk
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Dr Henry Watson discusses how the SIGN recommendations will help to improve identification of patients with venous thromboembolism and provision of prophylactic treatment |
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NHS Evidence |
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The NHS Evidence QIPP collection showcases best practice examples
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Dr Gillian Leng explains how submissions to the QIPP collection are assessed for inclusion and highlights other NHS Evidence resources for use in improving patient care |
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Commissioning |
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Programme budgeting may help to control drug expenditure
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Andrew Riley discusses the influential factors in using a programme budgeting and marginal analysis model to manage growth in prescribing costs |
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Out of Hours |
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Diabetes care in hospitals needs improving
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Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol |
